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2011 is the driest year in Eastern Africa in more than 15 years. According to the latest OCHA humanitarian report, drought remains a major threat in this area with no likelihood of improvement until early 2012. Worst-affected countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti.
Somalia, Kenya, and...

Fighting between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Arm (SPLM/A), including bombardments and artillery shelling, has been reported in 11 of the 19 localities in South Kordofan State, and has spread to Unity State in southern Sudan since the outbreak of crisis on...

Aeneas Chuma, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Coordinator in Kenya, talks about the country’s intensifying drought, humanitarian financing and working with OCHA.
Q: Recent reports state that, during this year, the number of people suffering from food insecurity in East Africa has...

ASG Catherine Bragg yesterday completed her five-day mission to Colombia. During the visit, she met with national and local authorities, humanitarian partners and with some of the most vulnerable people, including Afro-Colombian, indigenous, and internally displaced persons, affected by both the recent...

On the evening of 6 June, the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area and other areas of the West and Nippes departments in Haiti were hit by heavy rains. 28 people died, 8 were injured, and 6 are still missing following the torrential rains and mudslides, according to the latest statistics from the Direction de...